Ann Farrell Hughes

Ann Farrell Hughes, a communication coach with Strathman Associates, Inc., since 1995, designs and facilitates individual and group learning to develop leaders and teams. She draws on over 25 years of management and leadership experience in coaching clients to build trusting relationships, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and improve service quality and productivity through aware and effective communication.

Expertise

Executive coaching and leadership development

Team building and management

Group facilitation

Public speaking

Interpersonal and cross-cultural communication

Facilitation of Social Style℠, Introduction to Situational Leadership® II and Authentic Communicator℠

Professional accomplishments

Coached leaders in business, service industries and the public sector for over 20 years

Designed integrated learning programs for major corporations

Led team to adapt manufacturing team excellence model for State of Ohio

Enabled international organization to significantly increase customer base and quality of service across a multi-state area

Recognized for innovative approaches to management of off-site teams

Designed, developed and managed public education programs about the courts which served as national model for U.S. Department of Justice

Facilitator and speaker at regional, national and international conferences

Educational achievements

Master of Arts, Public Administration, The Ohio State University, with focus on human resources management, leadership and team building

Graduate, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Leadership Education Program